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Dec 12, 2018: More About Keeping Cool

In last week’s Newsletter we critiqued an article from Domain.com.au about ‘Tips and Tricks to Keep Your House Cool the Natural Way’ and we offered a few suggestions of our own. In response I received the following comments from a long-time reader and valued supporter named Marcus who wrote:

Dear Andy,

A good summary of […]

Jan 5, 2018: Keeping Your Cool

Thank you very much to all of you who sent such nice thoughts to Cintia and I for our marriage and for the New Year. We’ve had a nice break and a bit of time at the beach. Now we’re ready to get back into the swing of things for 2018.

This coming Sunday is […]

Dec 29, 2017: Happy New Year

Happy New Year to all our readers and thanks a million for your support and encouragement over the last 12 months. It makes all our efforts worthwhile.

A lot has happened here but the big news for the year was that Cintia and I got hitched.

Our humble little wedding on the beach […]

Dec 22, 2017: Upside-down Season

Happy Summer Solstice everyone… except, of course, our readers in the Northern Hemisphere who are celebrating their Winter Solstice today.

Winter Solstice seems like more of a reason to celebrate. It is the shortest day and the darkest time of the year. After the Winter Solstice the days start to get longer and there’s […]

Dec 8, 2017: Bitcoin Climate Disruption

Is Bitcoin adding to Global Warming? (Image Source: news.bitcoin.com)

In last week’s Newsletter I mentioned a Guardian article which claims that processing of Bitcoin transactions now requires more energy than the entire country of Ireland. My friend Kevin responded with a link to this article from Grist which makes the following predictions (emphasis […]

Dec 1, 2017: The Coming Disruption

When you have an hour to spare I strongly encourage you to watch the following video presented by Stanford University Futurist, Tony Seba, about the impending disruption of the transport and energy sectors. Here are just some of the information it presents:

Electric Vehicles (EV’s) have 100X fewer parts than Infernal Combustion Engine Vehicles (ICEV’s) […]

Nov 24, 2017: Suncrowd Review – 0 Stars

Please allow me to begin this week’s Newsletter with an apology for my part in helping to organise the Suncrowd events that were held in our region a year ago and for helping to persuade people that this Community Solar Bulk Buy program was a good idea. It certainly seemed like one at the time […]

Nov 17, 2017: Tesla Tiny House Here Next Week

I’ve been all over South-eastern NSW in the last couple of weeks performing Energy Audits and Assessments on homes and small businesses from Jindabyne to Maitland. Out of the twenty or so buildings I’ve investigated more than half were built in the early 80’s and have little or no insulation. Very few were correctly oriented […]

Nov 2, 2017: Montana Off-grid Eco Tiny House

I’m happy to report that I’m now back home at the Greeny Flat with my beloved Cintia. I had a great trip and a wonderful time with my son, Sam. We managed to make a lot of improvements to his house including adding about a foot of insulation to his attic on the day before […]

Oct 27, 2017: Glorious Rain and Good Results

Our rain gauge this morning after a long dry spell.

I’m still pretty jet-lagged after arriving back in Sydney the day before yesterday but I’m very happy to report that I seem to have brought some rain with me. It’s been a long dry spell here (and in Montana too) with our weather […]

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